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 What Is Occupational
Medicine?
Occupational medicine is the study and practice of medicine related to the
effects of work and its environment on the worker and the effect of worker's
health on work. Clinically, it deals with treatment and prevention of
disease of workers, involved population based aspects and insures regulatory
compliance on health based issues.
What is Occupational and Environmental Medicine?
Occupational medicine is a
subspecialty of Preventive Medicine. This branch of medicine is concerned
with:
- the appraisal,
maintenance, restoration and improvement of the health of the worker through
application of principles of preventive medicine, emergency medical care,
rehabilitation, and control of environmental hazards.
- the promotion of safe
productive and fulfilling interaction of the worker with the work environment
through the application of principles of human behavior and ergonomics.
- the active appreciation
of the social, economic and administrative needs of both the worker and the
work community; and
- a health and safety team
approach involving cooperation of the physician with industrial hygienists and
services to promote nurses and safety personnel.
The occupational setting is
important both as a source of potential hazards and as a site for health
promotion activities. Health promotion at the worksite can provide
information and protection related to all potential workplace hazards for
employees, including stress, as well as offer activities and services to promote
healthier lifestyles.
Industry can help reduce the
exorbitant health care costs and also improve employees health by managing
occupational and safety resources wisely and imaginatively. The best way
for business to manage these resources is to join forces with the Occupational
Medicine Specialists.
The OMS, Ltd. assists
businesses in maintaining a healthy work force by offering a comprehensive range
of clinical, ancillary, health promotion, educational, administrative and
consulting services.
As occupational physicians,
we are uniquely trained in, studying, managing and preventing individual and
group health issues.
What does the Occupational Physician do?
Occupational physicians practice to ensure effective
prevention and appropriate management of illness and injury due to work, and
where prevention has not been fully successful; ensure the appropriate
rehabilitation of people, with facilitation of their return to work.
Occupational physicians are also concerned with the management of people who
have illness or disability unrelated to work, but for whom their workplace may
require appropriate adjustment.
What does the Occupational Health Professional do?
The goal of a multi-disciplinary occupational health
and safety team is to design, implement and evaluate a comprehensive health and
safety program that will maintain and enhance health, improve safety and
increase productivity.
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